HSC Superexpress
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The HSC Superexpress is a 91-metre (299 ft) wave piercing catamaran built by Incat, owned by Golden Star Ferries and chartered to Viking Line. During her delivery voyage on 9 June 1998, as Catalonia, she set the record for the fastest Atlantic Eastbound Record, previously held by another Incat craft Hoverspeed Great Britain. She made the 3,125 mi (5,029 km) run from Manhattan, US to Tarifa, Spain in 3 days 7 hours 54 minutes, traveling at an average speed of 38.877 knots (72.000 km/h; 44.739 mph).
HSC Express | |
History | |
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Name |
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Owner | Golden Star Ferries |
Operator |
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Port of registry | |
Route | Helsinki-Tallinn (From 10 April 2017) |
Ordered | 1996 |
Builder | Incat, Hobart, Tasmania |
Yard number | 047 |
Laid down | 12 May 1997 |
Launched | 17 January 1998 |
Completed | 1 May 1998 |
Maiden voyage | 1998 |
In service | 1998 |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
Notes | [1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Det Norske Veritas 1A1 HSLC R1 Car Ferry A E0 |
Tonnage | 5,902 GT; 2,441 NT; 450 DWT |
Length | 91 m (299 ft) |
Beam | 26 m (85 ft) |
Draught | 3.7 m (12 ft) |
Decks | 3 |
Ramps | 1 Stern ramp |
Installed power | 4 x 7200kw Caterpillar 3618 marine diesel engine through 4 x Renk ASL60 Gearboxes |
Propulsion | 4 x Lips LJ145D waterjet |
Speed | 42 knots (78 km/h; 48 mph) |
Capacity |
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Crew | 32 |
Notes | [2] |
During that same voyage, the ship became the first passenger ship to cover 1,000 mi (1,600 km) or more in one 24-hour period. In covering 1,018 nautical miles (1,885 km) in one day, beating the 868 mi (1,397 km). record set by SS United States in 1952. Six weeks later, sister craft HSC Fjord Cat took the record.
As of January 2016 P&O Ferries announced that they would end the Larne-Troon service provided by HSC Express, this has ended 25 years of fastcraft service between Northern Ireland and Scotland.